tvtime vs xawtv

[Alan Cox]

On Tue, Mar 09, 2004 at 09:33:48PM -0700, Wes Shull wrote:
> Anyway the point is, it's normal for tvtime to use more cpu than 
> xawtv.  In fact, I'm not sure I believe the person who said tvtime 
> uses *less* cpu on his sytem, unless he's running xawtv in capture 
> mode for some reason.

Is there a reason tvtime doesnt fall back on lower powered hardware
or when it keeps realising it misses frames ?